The one thread that was most surprising and most consistent was the lack of fear that people felt at the worst moment. They felt a lot of fear in early stages, when they're just realizing what's happening. But then things really seemed to be at their peak of terror, the fear went away. You can imagine why that's useful. At that moment your brain needs to focus all its attention on surviving, so people will feel a sense of calm as their brain tries to sort out a plan.
All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness.
I think about Dischord. There's been a pretty consistent notion that Dischord have been some sort of "overlords" of the scene. Some people have felt 'they are too cool for us, or they won't put this out, etc. All we're doing is our own work, our own thing. That's all we've ever done. Our work.
A leader has to appear consistent. That doesn't mean he has to be consistent.
We've had fairly consistent financial results.
You need to be locally relevant, globally consistent.
When one wakes up in the morning, one's whole life is neatly laid out, consistent with the past, to the degree that we even (apparently) remember the same language spoken the day before, suggesting previous experience had simply entered a dormant state.
I've been streaky throughout my career, but I've been trying to become a more consistent hitter.
I just needed to realize that style was like personality - it didn't always have to be consistent; it just had to be something you lived with.
Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
When you get back on the field and do things, any doubts you've developed leave. The more consistent you become, the fewer doubts you have.
I didn't care about being the 'star. ' I just wanted to make a living and have a consistent career.
I need to be more consistent about taking care of myself no matter how busy I am.
We cannot remain consistent with the world save by growing inconsistent with our past selves.
When I went in there, we used drum machine on "Time After Time" and "Human Nature". We don't use the drum machine to play a pattern. You play the pattern by being consistent.
What can I do to make sure that middle-class families are feeling more secure, that more young people are able to access opportunity, that we are safe, that we are working with our international partners to try to create more order at a time when there's a lot of chaos? How do we deal with terrorism in a way that's consistent with our values? As long as I stay focused on those north stars, then I tend not to get too rattled.
Miracles never cease to amaze me. I expect them, but their consistent arrival is always delightful to experience.
A consistent thinker is a thoughtless person, because he conforms to a pattern; he repeats phrases and thinks in a groove.
Outperforming the market with low volatility on a consistent basis is an impossibility. I outperformed the market for 30-odd years, but not with low volatility.
If you want to have a more pleasant,cooperative teenager, be a more understanding, emphatic, consistent, loving parent.